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Serologic survey of selected pathogens in white-tailed and mule deer in western Nebraska
J L Johnson1, T L Barber, M L Frey
1University of Nebraska West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte 69101.
Abstract:
Exposure of free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in western Nebraska to selected livestock pathogens was determined by serology and attempted virus isolation. Antibodies to bluetongue virus, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, and bovine respiratory syncytial virus were present in both species of deer. No serologic reactors to Brucella or Anaplasma were found. Attempts to isolate bluetongue virus were negative.
